Jacksonville (Indiana County) is an idyllic small town in western Pennsylvania. While much of the area is rural, the politics of Jacksonville are heavily influenced by those of nearby cities and towns. The county government is led by a three-member board of commissioners. All commission members are elected to four-year terms and serve the entire county; with offices in both Indiana and Armstrong Counties. The county is also represented in Congress by Congressman Glenn \"GT\" Thompson who serves on the House Agriculture Committee and as co-chair of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus. Though most citizens identify as Independent or Republican, there are local branches of the Democratic Party and Libertarian Party, as well as numerous independent candidates running for office each election cycle. With such political diversity, Jacksonville provides a great opportunity to get involved in local politics whether it’s through voting, volunteering, or simply attending meetings held throughout the year.
The political climate in Jacksonville (Indiana County), PA is very conservative.
Indiana County, PA is very conservative. In Indiana County, PA 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.6%.
Indiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jacksonville (Indiana County), PA is very conservative.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Indiana Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Jacksonville (Indiana County), Pennsylvania: r R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jacksonville (Indiana County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $22,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $108,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)